> The piece I am trying to typeset at the moment starts with a 5 note scale > pattern as an anacrusis on the soprano line: > > \relative c'' { > \time 6/8 > \partial 8*5 > \key e \minor > \stemUp > b8 c d e fis | > } > > The original score has that pickup as a big group of five 8th notes, > and at often times has full bars as one big group of six. By > default, lilypond sorts the notes into two groups, one of two 8th > notes and one of three 8th notes. Please teach me how to change > that.
Enter the beam directly, overriding lilypond's automatic beam feature. \relative c'' { \time 6/8 \partial 8*5 \key e \minor \stemUp b8[ c d e fis] | } Werner _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user